08/30/2009

08/28/2009

Internet companies and civil liberties groups were alarmed this spring when a U.S. Senate bill proposed handing the White House the power to disconnect private-sector computers from the Internet.
They're not much happier about a revised version that aides to Sen. Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, have spent months drafting behind closed doors. CNET News has obtained a copy of the 55-page draft of S.773 (excerpt), which still appears to permit the president to seize temporary control of private-sector networks during a so-called cybersecurity emergency.

06/30/2009

This gives me serious freak-out shivers. Seriously awful video footage of a remote cam plumbing the plumbing of a North Carolina sewer. And then it happens on a few slimy, pulsating creatures that might be fresh water byrozoas, CHUD eggs or an early viral marketing meme.

06/04/2009

"Water content by weight ranged from
37.7% to 62.4% (mean, 49%). Meat content in the hamburgers ranged from 2.1% to 14.8% (median,
12.1%). The cost per gram of hamburger ranged from $0.02 to $0.16 (median, $0.03) and did not
correlate with meat content. Electron microscopy showed relatively preserved skeletal muscle."

05/29/2009

"When the sharp pain shooting through Lisa Strong's back got worse, she thought it was another kidney stone and expected the discomfort to pass. This time was different.
Through a series of mistakes, miscommunications and misdiagnoses, she wound up having her arms and legs amputated. She sued the doctors, who essentially blamed one another for what everyone involved agrees were profound errors.
Everyone except the jury that ruled against Strong." http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30999530/

05/27/2009

05/26/2009

"There will be virtually nothing left to fish from the seas by the middle of the century if current trends continue, according to a major scientific study.
Stocks have collapsed in nearly one-third of sea fisheries, and the rate of decline is accelerating."

05/25/2009

A cockbib is exactly what it sounds like. A 'bib' to assist in clean-up after a trip 'downtown'. But where a lobster bib is really for the diner more than the lobster, the cockbib is much more geared towards the knob and not the knobster. A clean-freak invented the cockbib so men won't have to do anything advanced like have a wet wash cloth nearby or get up and maybe take a shower after a deed has been done. I think everyone would agree that given how amazing sex of all kinds and configuration feels, the post-afterglow feeling of 'I need a rinse' is universal. Luckily the cockbib is here to help. The Jeze-gals took the Cockbibs Coalition to task to hilarious effect.

05/20/2009

"Besides the fact that the whole thing seems to have been dipped in
Pepto Bismol and that it includes its own super sleek carrying case,
Ouija For Girls comes with suggested questions. Why? Well, apparently
girls can't be trusted to ask the right questions of the demons and
spirits surrounding them at all times." [link]

"I’m a guy who doesn’t see anything good having come from the Internet,” said Sony Pictures Entertainment chief executive officer Michael Lynton. “Period.” He complained the Internet has “created this notion that anyone can have whatever they want at any given time. It’s as if the stores on Madison Avenue were open 24 hours a day. They feel entitled. They say, ‘Give it to me now,’ and if you don’t give it to them for free, they’ll steal it"

And you feel entitled to cripple the entire technology industry to ensure your dinosaur distribution model is obeyed.

05/13/2009

Based on claims made on your product's label, we have determined
that your Cheerios® Toasted Whole Grain Oat Cereal is promoted for
conditions that cause it to be a drug because the product is intended
for use in the prevention, mitigation, and treatment of disease.
Specifically, your Cheerios® product bears the following claims ort its
label:

• "you can Lower Your Cholesterol 4% in 6 weeks" "

• "Did you know that in just 6 weeks Cheerios can reduce bad
cholesterol by an average of 4 percent? Cheerios is ... clinically
proven to lower cholesterol. A clinical study showed that eating two 1 1/2
cup servings daily of Cheerios cereal reduced bad cholesterol when
eaten as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol."

The
lawsuit also challenges genetic patenting in general, noting that about
20 percent of all human genes are patented -- including genes
associated with Alzheimer's disease, muscular dystrophy and asthma.

"It is absolutely our intent that upon victory this will rend invalid
patents on many other genes," said Dan Ravicher, executive director of
the Public Patent Foundation and a patent law professor at Yeshiva
University's Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. "We just had to pick
one case as our case."

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Put it this way: when part of your body is rotting away do you trust the free market to cure you?